The performance by Knowshon Moreno last week at Kansas City was a reminder that the Broncos have one the league’s best running backs coaches in Eric Studesville.

Moreno was inactive for eight consecutive games, yet Studesville kept him prepared enough for 85 yards rushing on 20 carries plus 26 yards receiving on four catches. A back doesn’t go from collecting mothballs to collecting more than 100 yards from scrimmage without coaching.

Then there was the revival of 30-something Broncos tailback Willis McGahee. He went from bench warmer for three years in Baltimore to an 1,199 yard rusher at 30 years old last season with the Broncos to on his way to another 1,100 yard season this year until he suffered a compression knee fracture two weeks ago.

It would be shocking if Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy didn’t become a head coach at season’s end. Defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio should also draw serious interest for head coaching jobs. But Studesville at least deserves interviews for top jobs. He does have head coaching experience — what he went through in the last four games of 2010 in place of the fired Josh McDaniels was an adverse situation few head coaches have gone through.

Stop it! Stop trying to get our coaching staff changed! If we lose JDR or any of these guys, I’m blaming you! OK, frankly, I’ll live if we lose McCoy, but if Del Rio goes, the entire city should send an apology card to Champ.

Del Rio just being one year removed from head coaching, might not be as hot of a commodity as people think. True, our Defense is playing great. but we played very well last year too. The Defense just happened to take another step and Jack Del Rio becoming the Defensive Coordinator, doesn’t hurt. I think McCoy is gone after this season. Studesville is not ready yet, but getting closer each successful season we have. Del Rio should last another year in Denver but after the 2013 season, if we are winning Super Bowls, all Bronco assistant coaches are on the NFL head coach radar.

Don’t forget Peyton asked Del Rio when he interviewed if the Broncos D Coordinator job is a stop gap, or if he plans on being here awhile. I personally think there is no way he leaves after this season. I think he’ll be here for at least 3 years.

What evidence is there that good coordinators make good head coaches? Klis isn’t very bright, but GMs make this mistake all the time. It is a different skill set as many of us have learned time and again. And whatever side of the ball the coordinator was good at becomes irrelevant when they become head coach because they are no longer the coordinator! Dick Labeau is in the Hall of Fame because he realized that he was a GREAT coordinator but did not have what it takes to be a head coach. Hopefully Del Rio realizes he is a mediocre head coach but a very good coordinator and will stay. But unless Del Rio has changed since he was at USC, he thinks too highly of himself to be that sensible; he’ll move on to a higher paying job faster than you can say Lindsay Jones.

Very well stated Mike. Eric Studesville is a great coach. The problem is KC and San Diego are likely going to talk to him. Hope he doesn’t take a job with those dirtbags! I wouldn’t mind seeing him coach in Carolina.

In Denver, Studesville won one game in four tries after taking over on an interim basis for deposed “Wonder Boy” Josh McDaniels in ’10. That hardly qualifies him as head coaching material. And Studesville has never been an offensive coordinator at any level. Broncos offensive coach Mike McCoy should get serious consideration, though, when there are openings for head coaching jobs after this season. Look at what he did with Tim Tebow last year and Peyton Manning this year. I hope John Fox and Pat Bowlen can keep McCoy in Denver, but if he decides to go someplace else, I wish him the best of luck.

Jack Del Rio is a great D coordinator, average head coach. He should stay put, get a great career and millions of dollars and settle down right here in Denver. Mike McCoy is still too conservative a play caller for my tastes. He could go and we’d be fine.

Can we have stability in the coaching staff? Seems we have a good year and a writer is headlining the department coaches should be head coaches ELSEWHERE ELSE. Are these type of articles a self-fulfilling death wish for our luck when the writers complain about a LACK of coaching stability is the reason for the team’s bad record that year? On top of it all, the assistant coaches rarely do well at their next head coaching job except maybe for one or two of whom I can recall.

Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.